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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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