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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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