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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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