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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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