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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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