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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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