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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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