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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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