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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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