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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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