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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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