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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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