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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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