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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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