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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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