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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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