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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take 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. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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