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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand these open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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