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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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