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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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