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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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