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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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