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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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