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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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