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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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