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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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