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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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