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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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