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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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