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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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