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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students 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 lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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