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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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