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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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