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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What 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 optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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