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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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