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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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