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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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