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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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