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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators 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 original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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