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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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