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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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