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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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