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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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