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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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