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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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