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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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