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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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