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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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