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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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