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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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