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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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