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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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