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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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