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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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