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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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