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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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