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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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