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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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