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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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