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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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