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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key 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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