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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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