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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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