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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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