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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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