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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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