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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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