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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the 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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