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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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