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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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