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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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