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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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