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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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