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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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