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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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