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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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