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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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