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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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