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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education