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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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