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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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