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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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 lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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