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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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