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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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