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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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