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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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