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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are usually free for students 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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