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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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