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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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