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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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