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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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