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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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