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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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