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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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