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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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