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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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