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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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