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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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