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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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