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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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