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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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