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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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