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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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