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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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