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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies 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 participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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