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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important 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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