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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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