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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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