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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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