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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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