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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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