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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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