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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 generally free for students but do not consistently 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 lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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