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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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