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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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