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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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