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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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