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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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