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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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