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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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