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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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