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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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