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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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