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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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