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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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