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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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