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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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