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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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