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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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