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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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