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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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