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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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