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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major 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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