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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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