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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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