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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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