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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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