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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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