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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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