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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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