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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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