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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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