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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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