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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with 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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