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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. 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 typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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