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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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