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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take 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 mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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