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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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