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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important 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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