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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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