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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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