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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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