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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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