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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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