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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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