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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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