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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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