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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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