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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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