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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free 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 several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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