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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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