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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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