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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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