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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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