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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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