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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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