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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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