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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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 MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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