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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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