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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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