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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details 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 authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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