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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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