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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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