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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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