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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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