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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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