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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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