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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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