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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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