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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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