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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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