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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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