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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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