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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. 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. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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