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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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