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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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