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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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