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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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