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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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