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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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