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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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