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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know 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 these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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