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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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