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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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