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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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