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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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