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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not 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 issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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