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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews 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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