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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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