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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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