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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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