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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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