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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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