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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of 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. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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