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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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