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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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