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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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