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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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