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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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