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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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