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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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