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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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