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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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