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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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