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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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