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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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