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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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