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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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