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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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