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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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