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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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