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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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