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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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