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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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