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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses 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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