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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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