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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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