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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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