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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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