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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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