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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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