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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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