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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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