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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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