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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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