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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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