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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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