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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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