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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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