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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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