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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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