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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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