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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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