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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses 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. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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