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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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