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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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