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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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