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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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