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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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