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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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