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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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