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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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