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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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