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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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