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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators 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 assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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