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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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