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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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