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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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