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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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