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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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