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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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