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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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