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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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