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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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