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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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