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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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