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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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