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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are generally free 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 online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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