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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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