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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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