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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources