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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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