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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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