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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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