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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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