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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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