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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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