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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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