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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators 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 massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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