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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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