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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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