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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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