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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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