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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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