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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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