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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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