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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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