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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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