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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because 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 guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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