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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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