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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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