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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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