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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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