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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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