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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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