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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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