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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the 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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