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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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