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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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