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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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