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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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