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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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