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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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