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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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