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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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