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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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