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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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