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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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