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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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