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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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