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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key 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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