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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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