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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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