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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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