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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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