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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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