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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major 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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