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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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