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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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