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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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