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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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