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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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