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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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