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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What 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 in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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