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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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