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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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