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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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