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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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