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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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