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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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