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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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