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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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