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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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