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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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