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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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