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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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