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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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