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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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