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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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