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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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