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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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