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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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