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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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