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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models 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 we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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