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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major 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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