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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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