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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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