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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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