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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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