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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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