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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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