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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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