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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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