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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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