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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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