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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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