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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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