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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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