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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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