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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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