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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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