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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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