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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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