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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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