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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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