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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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