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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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