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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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