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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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