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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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