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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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