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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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