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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key 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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