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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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