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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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