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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key 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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