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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important 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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