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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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