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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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