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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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