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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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