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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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