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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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