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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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