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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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