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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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