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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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