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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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