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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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