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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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