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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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