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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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