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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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