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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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