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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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