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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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