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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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