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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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