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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses 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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