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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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