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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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