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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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