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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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