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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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