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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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