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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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