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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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