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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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