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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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