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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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