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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth 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. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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