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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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