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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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