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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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