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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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