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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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