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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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