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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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