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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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