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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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