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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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