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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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