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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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