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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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