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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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