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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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