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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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