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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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