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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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