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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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