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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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