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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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