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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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