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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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