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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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