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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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