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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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