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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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