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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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