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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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