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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major 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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