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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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