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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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