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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students 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 variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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