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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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