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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world 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. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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