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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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