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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always 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 lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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