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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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