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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered students 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 MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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