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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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