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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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