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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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