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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the 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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