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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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