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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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