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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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