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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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