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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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