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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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