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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies 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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