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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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