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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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