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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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