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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of 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 massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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