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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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