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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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