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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important 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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