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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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