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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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