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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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