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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. 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. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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