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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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