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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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