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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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