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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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