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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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