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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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