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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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