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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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