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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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