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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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