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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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