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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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