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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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