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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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