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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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