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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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