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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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