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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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