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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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