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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to participate in 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. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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