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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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