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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers 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? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)