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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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