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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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