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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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