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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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