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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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