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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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