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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled 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. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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