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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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