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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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