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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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