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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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