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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies 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 teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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