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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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