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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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