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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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