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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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