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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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