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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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